Oklahoma Educator Equity Plan

U.S. Department of Education Announced in July 2014 – State Education Agencies (SEAs) are to develop State Plans to Ensure Equitable Access to Excellent Educators Submission date June 1, 2015

U.S. Department of Education Expectations Stakeholder Engagement Identification of Equity Gaps Root Cause Analysis of the Identified Equity Gaps Steps to eliminate Equity Gaps Measures and Methodology for Evaluating Progress Public Reporting on the Progress

U.S. Department of Education Requirement Calculate Equity Gaps between the rates which minority children and impoverished children are taught by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of- field teachers compared to rates at which other children are taught by these teachers.